Lee Ann Rawlins Williams, Clinical Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Human Services, University of North Dakota When it comes to mental health at school, typically the focus is on helping students, especially as they emerge from the pandemic with heightened levels of anxiety,…
S. Jay Olshansky, University of Illinois at Chicago; Leonard Hayflick, University of California, San Francisco, and Ronald Hershow, University of Illinois at Chicago A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by…
Rita W. Green, University of Memphis Tax Day has come and gone, and you think you filed your return in the nick of time. But several weeks later you receive that dreaded…
Maureen Miller, Columbia University As more and more people around the world are getting vaccinated, one can almost hear the collective sigh of relief. But the next pandemic threat is likely already…
The pandemic has slowed tourism to Thailand’s Buddhist temples, but the impact is more than economic
Brooke Schedneck, Rhodes College The economies of countries dependent on tourism are clearly hurting, with visitor numbers plummeting as a result of the pandemic. In Thailand alone, a country where tourism accounts…
Kim Sheehan, University of Oregon Consumers increasingly want companies to address society’s big problems, such as climate change and crumbling infrastructure. And polls suggest more than half say they want to buy…
Erik Salna, Florida International University The approach of summer in the U.S. means that it’s time to be ready for hurricanes and wildfires. The incidence of weather and climate disasters is increasing…
Arif R. Sarwari, West Virginia University Imagine last night you developed a little runny nose and a sore throat. When you woke up this morning you started coughing and had a fever.…
Ronald D. Fricker Jr., Virginia Tech When the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington released its estimate that COVID-19 had killed 912,345 people in the U.S. by…
Aly Fathy, University of Tennessee Within seconds after reaching a city, earthquakes can cause immense destruction: Houses crumble, high-rises turn to rubble, people and animals are buried in the debris. In the…
Karen Levy, University of Washington Kill every human on the planet. This is the first assignment I give students in my public health classes, filled with do-gooders passionate about saving the world.…